The argument was good for about seven hours. Then it all went to pot when the Town of Foxborough took a knee and bowed its collective head later that afternoon to welcome the polarizing quarterback to the Patriots.

Not my finest moment, and I still hear about it to this day. That does not mean my opinion has changed.

Tebow still
can't pass with any kind of accuracy. He's done nothing to suggest he can
supplant Ryan Mallett when the second-string quarterback eventually leaves as a
free agent or is traded away for picks. And if we're being honest, based on
performance, he probably doesn't deserve to have his name penciled in when rosters
are finalized later this week.

You saw his last performance, right? He completed 1 of 7
passes for minus-1 yard with an interception. He actually would have had a better
night if he never completed a pass. I'm not sure, but that could be the first time
in the history of football that sentence has been uttered without sarcasm and
been totally accurate.

Based on what has been put on film, there's no way that
Tebow should make the team. Yet, as you may have noticed, despite my feelings
about him, the left-handed quarterback was included in my 53-man roster
projection earlier this week.

I know. I'm a giant contradiction. But this isn't about what
or how I feel about Tebow. If I were running the Patriots they would probably
finish 4-12 this year, but Tebow never would have gotten near my roster.

Here's the thing,
though: You don't marry a Kardashian if you want to live a private, quiet life. With Tebow, there are certain things you accept long before ink hits paper. New England was the only team in the NFL willing to get in bed with those things, and that's why I believe it keeps him around.

He's not the kind of guy you bring in as a camp arm with
designs to cut him at the end of August. There are plenty of serviceable low-profile
quarterbacks who would love to drop in on Foxborough for a month or two and
throw passes to the likes of Quentin Sims with -- let's be honest -- much better accuracy.

When New England decided to make Foxborough "Tebow Town,"
it likely wasn't done out of curiosity or on a whim. There was a plan and a
vision. Someone, likely offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels, decided that
Tebow could be broken down and built back up into a serviceable quarterback.

So far, during games, we've only seen the broken down
portion of that equation. But there were moments during training camp when
Tebow actually showed signs of competence and put together small stretches where
he looked the part of a pocket passer. Those glimpses may be all the team is
looking for from him.

If that's enough to keep Tebow around, then there are worse
things than allowing him to serve as one the players who are made
inactive each Sunday as he continues to develop behind the scenes.

It's probably become obvious by now that I'm trying to talk
myself into this decision. I admit that this isn't easy for me. I like logic when it comes
to sports. With Tebow, logic does not exist.

As I write this, something is telling me that I'm about
to put my name above another losing column that is going to allow Tebow to improve to 2-0 against me.

If that happens, given his recent performance, I may be the
only person surprised by the outcome.